Cindy! Re: One year anniversary, checking in

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy!

I'm so relieved you didn't forget me! So many new faces and jaws

here. The group remains the same. The new folks are just as nice

as the " old timers " . I love visiting here, even still.

I'm sorry to hear about your Mom. I will never forget what they

gave me for the postop nausea. First they gave me Compazine.

However I had an allergic reaction to it. Then they switched me to

Zofran, which worked wonderfully. I hope either of these can help

your mom. When I read the insert literature, it mentioned that it

is a drug they give to chemotherapy recipients for their nausea so

it's pretty powerful stuff and it worked for me.

Tell your mom Hi and thanks for remembering me and I wish her better

health and feeling well soon.

Irish!

> > Hi Cindy!

> >

> > It's so nice to see you here again!

> >

> > As you may remember, I too was a January 2003 surgery buddy of

> > yours! My anniversary will be 1/31 and I simply can't believe

how

> > time has flown ...

> >

> > I'm glad to hear your bite is stable but sorry about the TMJ's.

> > That's disappointing a year out of this whole thing.

> >

> > As for me, so you can compare with someone who went in the same

> time

> > as you, my bite remains stable. No pain. The midline is

staying

> > put. I go to see the ortho every 5 months or so for a retainer

> > tweaking. The only lingering effect of the surgery for me is

> > numbness. I have to admit that I am more numb than I had hoped

at

> 1

> > year postop. But also after having 2 surgeries, I increased my

> risk

> > of lingering numbness. As I've mentioned here recently, I have

no

> > regrets and am still very glad I did the surgery. However, the

> > numbness can be annoying. The middle of my chin is numb which I

> can

> > deal with. But my bottom lip is pretty much numb. I get the

> > old " altered sensation " if I run my finger along my bottom lip,

yet

> > oddly, if I bite straight down on my bottom lip, I don't feel a

> > thing. I still get tinglies weekly in the lip and chin area so

I'm

> > still confident for more feeling. My dentist who had lower done

is

> > 5 years postop and told me it took him well beyond 1 year to get

> all

> > of his feeling back, so I'm hopeful.

> >

> > Thanks for checking in and good luck with the TMJ's. We've come

a

> > long way, huh? 1 whole year!

> >

> > Irish!

> >

> >

> >